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Stirtloe House

A Grade II Listed Building in Buckden, Cambridgeshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.2866 / 52°17'11"N

Longitude: -0.2481 / 0°14'53"W

OS Eastings: 519593

OS Northings: 266831

OS Grid: TL195668

Mapcode National: GBR J35.Q2D

Mapcode Global: VHGM1.NS6G

Plus Code: 9C4X7QP2+JQ

Entry Name: Stirtloe House

Listing Date: 24 October 1951

Last Amended: 3 June 1983

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1130303

English Heritage Legacy ID: 54331

ID on this website: 101130303

Location: Stirtloe, Huntingdonshire, Cambridgeshire, PE19

County: Cambridgeshire

District: Huntingdonshire

Civil Parish: Buckden

Traditional County: Huntingdonshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cambridgeshire

Church of England Parish: Buckden St Mary

Church of England Diocese: Ely

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Description


TL 16 NE
1/5

BUCKDEN,
STIRTLOE LANE (SOUTH SIDE),
STIRTLOE HOUSE

(FORMERLY LISTED UNDER LUCKS LANE)

24.10.51

GV II

Late C18 brick house of five bays. L-plan with small vaulted
brick cellar, two storeys. Tripped slate roofs and end stacks.
Extended in early C19 by two bays at north and south and to rear
of main range. Brick faces rendered. West facing facade.
Plain parapet. Seven C19 first floor recessed hung sash windows
with glazing bars and four similar ground floor windows.
Central, open, semi-circular, Roman Doric stone portico
approached by semi-circular steps. (Stone portico to rear
facade has a broken pediment supported on Doric columns). Eight
raised and fielded panels to C18 door in recessed round headed
arch. Fanlight with interlaced glazing bars. Rear kitchen
wing, originally with sunken floor has a reset C17 mullion and
transome window. Interior has largely C19 details; open string
staircase, and six panelled mahogany doors in architraved
doorcases.
Home of Lancelot Brown from 1784-90, son of 'Capability Brown'.
VCH Huntingdonshire, p266


Listing NGR: TL1959366831

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